Yesterday was a productive, if boring day. I got a lot done at work. At home I experiemented with bacon. This week’s Artists Way instructions include not reading. If I don’t read at work I will probably just have to stare at the wall for nothing better to do since a big part of my day is dealing with copy of all sorts, so I am taking it to mean just no leisure reading. I’ve totally been cheating but last night after checking my email when I got home I turned off the internet. and I did get a ton done–I found a slip I needed to wear under a dress for a wedding this weekend, ordered a present, went grocery shopping, tried some cooking experiments for another present thing, and even wrote a poem. good stuff.

I don’t really have a topic I want to write about today so I might just babble. I am not a huge fan of how the Artists Way is organized. She has a list of exercises, and exercises within the chapter too. It makes it hard to use when you have to reference several different sections. That’s what I think.

Here’s some more fun lists we are supposed to make:

Five hobbies that sound fun:
1. photography
2. making web sites
3. rollerskating
4. silkscreening
5. painting

List five classes that sound fun:
1. oil painting class
2. photoshop class
3. black and white photography class
4. web site/programming class
5. wine tasting

List five things you would personally never do that sound fun:
1. skydiving
2. shaving my head
3. jumping into the deep end of a pool
4. throwing a chair through the window
5. dancing on a stripper pole

List five skills that would be fun to have:
1. swimming
2. ruby on rails
3. welding
4. cooking
5. knowing about wine

List five things you used to enjoy doing:
1. drawing
2. rollerskating
3. peanut butter play-do
4. ceramics
5. printmaking

List five silly things you would like to try once:
1. hot air balloon ride
2. skydiving
3. silkscreening
4. holding a koala bear
5. making caramels

1. Diet pepsi
2. Artichokes
3. French Banana!
4. Chicken Caccitore (sp)
5. Chocolate chip cookies

1. I draw all the time
2. I care about animals and the enviroment
3. I don’t want to get married, ever!
4. I am not afraid to ride things, jump off of things, explore scary places or touch slugs.
5. I can walk barefoot on gravel and bumblebees.

1. I was English Student of the Year my senior year of high school
2. In fifth grade my class took a field trip to the Seattle Center. I took some pictures with a disposable camera and my teacher was so impressed with them she asked for some copies.
3. I painstakingly drew several catalogs and designed all the fashions therein and invented a bunch of different models and gave them all personalities. I wanted to be a fashion designer.
4. I used to say I was going to the library after school when really I was going to my friends’ houses or the diner across the street and I always got away with it.
5. In fourth grade I started a club called the Safari Club. The goal was to save the planet. I decided the way to do this was to hold garage sales and send all the proceeds to Greenpeace. I painstakingly drew very elaborate fliers for them. I think I sent Greenpeace $50. I got tons of pamphlets and magazines from them for my club for several years.